What Now?

Thanks to Nate's Pa for loaning me his burly Dodge to...PICK UP MY TRAILER TODAY!  A big step for modern man!  My rusty trailer driving skills were rigorously tested when I had to back the whole lot into the narrow driveway.  I had a few inches to spare on either side and people waiting for me to get out of the road.  Yikes!  Those big Dodge diesels have some serious tension in the clutch petal and my legs ain't puny neither (Apologies for the solecisms.  The big truck brings out my redneck roots.).  My left ham was a-quiverin' by the time the maneuver was complete.

What now?  A lot of thinkin' and figurin'...figurin' and thinkin'.  Do I seek out someone with more experience to check out every one of my ideas for structural soundness?  Or can I rely on common sense, intuition, and my extensive experience with Legos.  Probably some balance of the two!  Depicted below is some scheming I've been doing on Google Sketchup.  I think this program is so helpful for me to envision things in 3-D and avoid mistakes.  It's like I'm actually building it before actually building it.  The old adage is "Measure twice, cut once."  I would like to update this saying:  "Google Sketchup first, measure twice, cut once."

  

This drawing has helped me examine my framing specs around the wheel wells, as well as the framing and attachment points of the wood foundation to the trailer.  Also, it's nice to have the trailer here to help visualize  and take real-time measurements.  Getting this foundation right and solid is pretty important.